Naomi S. (Adams) Velasquez is an Associate Professor of Art in the Department of Art at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. She serves as Chair for the Department of Art and Coordinator for the Fiber Media and Papermaking areas. Additionally, she teaches foundations courses including Creative Process and Drawing. Naomi is an award winning … Continue reading Naomi S. Adams Velasquez
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Thomas Lundberg
Professor Tom Lundberg coordinates graduate and undergraduate programs in fibers at Colorado State University, and teaches courses in weaving, surface design, and mixed-media textiles. Lundberg has lectured and taught workshops in the US, England, Ireland, and New Zealand, and teaches in CSU’s Italy study-abroad program. Lundberg began his university studies at Iowa State University. Following … Continue reading Thomas Lundberg
Amie Adelman
Amie Adelman is a Professor and the Fibers Coordinator in the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas. She received an MFA in Fibers from the University of Kansas and a BFA in Fibers from Arizona State University. UNT awarded Adelman with travel grants to conduct textile research in Ghana, Lesotho, Uganda, … Continue reading Amie Adelman
Mary Ruth Smith
Born and raised in Virginia, Dr. Mary Ruth Smith joined the Baylor Art Department faculty in 1993, bringing with her the maturity of a long teaching career in two fields of higher education. She has traveled from home economics to art education to art and, at Baylor, has created a studio concentration in fabric surface … Continue reading Mary Ruth Smith
Marie Bannerot McInerney
Marie Bannerot McInerney is an interdisciplinary studio artist and educator. Her process driven work investigates conceptions of fragility, instability, truth, and experiential knowledge. She has exhibited across the United States and abroad including shows at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA, Mildred Lane Kemper Museum in Saint Louis, MO, Corcoran College in Washington, DC, … Continue reading Marie Bannerot McInerney
Kim Eichler-Messmer
Associate Professor Kim Eichler-Messmer has taught surface design, quilting, and entrepreneurship at KCAI since 2008. Eichler-Messmer received an MFA in Textiles from the University of Kansas and a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking from Iowa State University. She was an Artist in Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN. Her hand … Continue reading Kim Eichler-Messmer
Pauline Verbeek-Cowart
Professor and chair of the Fiber Department, Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, has been on the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute since 1997. A native of the Netherlands, she received her BFA (1982) in Fine Art from the Maryland Institute and her MFA in textile design from the University of Kansas (1995). Ms Verbeek-Cowart’s academic and … Continue reading Pauline Verbeek-Cowart
Mary Anne Jordan
Mary Anne Jordan is a Professor in the Textile Program in the Department of Visual Art, School of the Arts, at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. She received her MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and BFA at the University of Michigan. Her work has been shown nationally across the US and internationally … Continue reading Mary Anne Jordan
David Brackett
David Brackett got his MFA in textiles, with honors, in 1990 from the University of Kansas. He attended the University of Michigan from 1979 to 1985, where he studied weaving and fabric design, and art history. Bracket has a bachelor in zoology from the University of Michigan (1977). Before joining KU in 2002, Brackett was … Continue reading David Brackett
C Pazia Mannella
Contemporary and historical textile patterns, embroidery and garment designs are the inspiration for C. Pazia Mannella’s sculptures. Intense rainbow and neon colors vibrate in her work. The symbolic imagery of flowers, laurels, and wreaths represent cultural ideals of power, wealth and will. Common contemporary materials, zippers, coffee filters, children’s barrettes, construction-marking tape, ribbon and mirrored paillattes, … Continue reading C Pazia Mannella
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